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American and European stakeholders gather to discuss transatlantic climate change
On 24 and 25 April 2008, representatives of civil society organisations from the EU and US gathered in Washington DC to exchange views and experience on the development, implementation and advancement ...
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CBD COP9: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and the Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI)
The cost of losing biodiversity due to policy inaction has been recently quantified in the report on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), launched on the 29th of May at the CBD COP9 by ...
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Workshop: Assessing the Commission's Proposal on Carbon Capture and Storage
IEEP organised a workshop on behalf of the European Parliament on CO2 capture and storage (CCS), chaired by the Rapporteur Chris Davies, MEP.The workshop assessed the Commission's proposed Directive on ...
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Transatlantic Civil Society Conference on Climate Change
On 24 and 25 April, IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will be hosting a civil society conference in Washington DC to debate the scale and effectiveness of action to tackle climate change ...
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IEEP's spring newsletter now available
IEEP's quarterly newsletter for spring 2008 is now available.You can read the newsletter online or download it as a PDF
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Hearing on the Future of the EU Emissions Trading System
The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) organised a hearing on behalf of the European Parliament on 'The Future of the EU ETS' on 15 May 2008.The official hearing on the Commission ...
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EU Budget Review: ‘Turning the EU Budget into an Instrument to Support the Fight Against Climate Change
A report by IEEP ‘Turning the EU Budget into an Instrument to Support the Fight Against Climate Change' was presented by Marc Pallemaerts on the 14 April at the Centre for European Policy Studies ...
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IEEP Event: Transatlantic Debate on Marine Protected Areas, 16 May 2008
On Friday 16 May, the Committee of the Regions in Brussels hosted the IEEP and NRDC transatlantic conference on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).Visit the T-Page conference page to find out more and download ...
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Better regulation for environmental enforcement
A new paper by Andrew Farmer explores the importance of better regulation actions across the regulatory cycle. The paper is written to inform debate at the 8th meeting of the International Network for ...
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David Baldock Meets Gordon Brown and Stresses the Need for Binding EU Targets on Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Following on from the January launch of the Commission’s climate and energy package, it is essential that Member States honour their commitment to ambitious and binding emission reduction targets. On ...
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Conference notice: understanding and comparing EU and US actions on climate change
On 24 and 25 April IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council will be hosting a conference in Washington DC allowing civil society from both sides of the Atlantic to debate policy, contrast effort ...
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IEEP climate change report at centre of EP discussion
A report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water - drawn up by IEEP, Ecologic and SYKE - had a central role at Fourth Thematic Session of the European Parliament's Temporary Climate ...
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News: Briefing for MPs on the EU Reform Treaty
IEEP sent a briefing to MPs on the EU Reform Treaty to mark the start of the ratification process on 21 January. In collaboration with WWF and Green Alliance, the briefing aimed to focus the debate in ...
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Press Release - A New Era for Energy Policy in Europe
IEEP welcomes the European Commission's policy package on climate and energy, but we consider that this is only a first step on a long road to delivering what is needed to tackle the problems of climate ...
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Transatlantic Debate on MPAs - 22 January
IEEP and our partner the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are organising a debate on EU and US approaches to marine protected areas.On Tuesday 22 January, IEEP will be holding a teleconference ...
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Compliance with the Kyoto Protocol
Dr Marc Pallemaerts, Head of the Institute's Environmental Governance Team, was re-elected as a member of the Kyoto Protocol Compliance Committee at the December conference in Bali. Congratulations to ...
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Effective environmental governance needed in South East Europe
A recently published article by IEEP's Andrew Farmer outlines the requirements for effective environmental governance, particularly in transition countries.Environmental governance is an important part ...
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News: Guidance Document to the Member States on the Application of the HNV Impact Indicator
IEEP has produced a guidance document for Member States on how to monitor changes in HNV Farmland and Forests - corresponding to a suite of indicators in the CMEF to assess the effectiveness of rural development ...
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IEEP takes a view on the Bali conference
Online environmental magazine Grist has published an article by IEEP's Jason Anderson on the climate conference in Bali. In the article Jason discusses the main topics of debate and speculates on the possible ...
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New edition of the Brussels in Brief newsletter now available
The fifteenth edition of IEEP Brussels in Brief newsletter focuses on the EU legal and policy framework for issues related to business and biodiversity.Download the latest edition of Brussels in Brief